CAS Shaker Card...

Hi! I am here today with a quick CAS shaker card. The idea for this card came to me as I was making another card. Initially I wanted to make a one layer card. But the design developed into a shaker card.

I used a very old stamp by Fiskars called Petals From Scratch. The sentiment is from the Fancy Banner 2 set by Taylored Expressions. I colored the flower using my Zigs. Here is a close up of the shaker element.

And another look at the completed card.

Entering this card in the following challenges.

Freshly Made Sketches #513:

Color Throwdown #670:

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes:

Addicted To CAS Challenge #211:

Perfectly CAS Challenge #21:

STAMPlorations November CAS Challenge:

Love,

Nandini

Rainbow Butterfly...

Hi! Life has been pretty hectic since I started teaching again. I am also in the process of relocating to Goa, something that we have been planning for a long time. The next few months are going to be busy and exciting!

Today's card is a special one since it uses one of my NBUS stamps. I am so happy I finally inked it! The idea was to create a masculine card in neutral colours with a pop of bright colour.

I started with a piece of ivory card stock. I stamped the chevron border from the Mini Geo Borders stamp set by Fiskars with grey ink. I stamped it twice, to extend the design and create a full background. After trimming, I adhered it to a grey card base. I die-cut three nested circles and the base butterfly from the Impression Obsession set from ivory card stock. I coloured the base with Camlin Brush Pens to create a rainbow. The top butterfly was cut from a scrap of grey card stock and adhered to the base with a dab of glue at the centre.

I popped up the circles with foam tape and adhered the butterfly. The sentiment is from the Birthday Greetings set by Altenew. I stamped it with black ink on a strip of grey card stock. This was also popped up on foam tape and adhered under the butterfly.

Here is a closer look at the butterfly.

To finish the card, I just added two white half-pearls from my stash to the body of the butterfly.

Here is another look at the completed card.

I am really happy with this card. I love the chevron background and the bright focal point the butterfly creates.

Entering this card in the following challenges:

Happy Little Stamper Anything Goes With Dies:

Inkspirational Challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Week 515/516 - Blossoms, Butterflies, Bugs:

Let's Create & Craft Challenge #146 - AG + Beautiful Butterflies:

Craft Rocket Challenges #58 - For Men/Boys:

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge - WWC217:

CUTplorations April Challenge:
The striped eggs reminded me of the rainbow stripes on my butterfly.

Retro Rubber Challenge #108 - Rainbow:
When I checked back I realized that the border stamp is almost four years old!

Love,
Nandini